History Wardrobe - a series of events bringing the past to life
We are delighted to present the first three dates in a series of exciting events bringing the past to life through the costumes and anecdotes of each age.The presentations are based on a wealth of intelligent research, presented in a witty style, with beautiful original and replica costumes.
College Cultural Events Manager, Clare Lamkin who arranged the series, explained "These exciting events will be very useful for students of Fashion, Performing Arts and Special Effects Make Up, but they have a wide appeal and everyone is welcome. During 2010 we will be relocating our prestigious Textile Archive to its new home in the Old Building, so this focus on costume is a welcome taster for this. Each one promises to be lots of fun as well as informative. The actor playing Mr Darcy in the third one is a highly regarded fencing instructor and fight director."
Tuesday 9th February 2.00pm in the Henry Mitchell Hall, Old Building
Votes for Women
The sensational stories of suffragettes and flappers are made vivid through costumes and readings from the Edwardian age, the Great War and the 1920s - a time of extraordinary political change and remarkable personal histories.
Tuesday 9th March 2.00pm in The Henry Mitchell Hall, Old Building
Fabulous Fifties
Bullet bras, sugared petticoats and Liberty bodices... A glamorous ‘Cinderella’ transformation set in the decade that reinvented dazzle.
Thursday 6th May at 3pm in The Bradford Gallery, Yorkshire Craft Centre
Undressing Mr Darcy
Returning from a stroll about town, Mr. Fitzwilliam Darcy prepares to undress...
Is he a Rake, a Beau or a ‘Pink of the Ton’? (Nearly) all will be revealed as our historical costume expert takes off the layers before your very eyes in this hugely popular presentation about the clothes of a Regency gentleman.
Tickets for each of the three events are priced at only £3 and students concession £1.50.
Further information and tickets Tel: 01274 438965
The Bradford Gallery, Carlton Street, Bradford, BD7 1AY